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For 42 of his 54 years, Edward L. Henry has been closely associated with Benedictines—as a student in grade school, high school and college, and later as a professor at four colleges, including the past 22 years at St. John's.

All of those years were good years according to Henry. "That is why deciding to leave here was so hard. You simply can't shrug off that many years."

Dr. Henry, currently a government professor and Vice-President for Development, graduated from St. John's in 1943. He returned eleven years later, armed with a University of Chicago Ph.D., and was immediately chosen chairman of the government department. Since then, Henry lists among his accomplishments a seven year stint as mayor of St. Cloud, the directorship of the St. John's Center for the Study of Local Government, a 272 year presidency of St. Mary's College in Indiana, and a bid for the 1970 democratic nomination for governor.

In a recent interview, Dr. Henry talked about his life at St. John's and his decision to accept the presidency of St. Michael's College in Burlington, Vermont.

"That decision was particularly tough to make for a number of reasons, but chief among them is the great affection I have for this place, the people here, and for the whole area. But I also had to think about today's job market, and the fact that I'm giving up my tenure and job security here to take up a job that has a relatively short life span. I had to do a lot of thinking and I had to swallow twice before I accepted this position."

Henry, no stranger to the job of college president, admits that he enjoys the action that a Chief executive spot offers. He received a two year leave of absence from St. John's to take over the presidency of St. Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana from 1972-74.

St. Mary's was suffering enrollment and financial problems at that time in the wake of Notre Dame's decision to go co-ed. That assignment was intended as a

temporary, trouble-shooting job, and Henry returned to St. John's for the 1974-75 school year.

"I'll admit I had some re-entry problems, but I think most chief executives will tell you the same thing. It's very difficult to duplicate both the worry and the excitement that the number one spot offers.

"Since I left St. Mary's I've gotten a number of offers for other college president spots. None of them looked nearly as good as the offer from St. Michael's. What impressed me most about that school was the similarities between it and St. John's.

"Both schools have similar enrollment figures, although St. Michael's is co-ed. The school is Catholic, has a good physical plant and no financial problems. Even the climate of Vermont is very similar to Minnesota. The job just seems like an easy one to step into.

"In addition, I've always felt that life is too short, and maturity so important, that one ought to expose oneself to as many new experiences and opportunities— within proper limits—as it is possible to do."

During the past 22 years Henry has observed many changes at his alma mater. Many of them are obvious ones like the doubling of enrollment, the construction of ten new buildings, the advent of women on campus, and a four fold increase in the number of lay faculty. Other changes Henry has noted are more subtle, and sometimes ones that he is not happy to see.

"St. John's is a much more sophisticated academic institution today, although I'm not sure we're turning out better or more disciplined students. One reason for this is that teachers today aren't as exacting as they were twenty years ago, and students don't study as hard or as consistently as they used to.

"St. John's, however, is without doubt one of the finest small colleges in the country. If I can serve this University in any way in the years to come I will be happy to do so. I am currently a St. John's regent and a member of the National Advisory Board and I plan to continue in both of

these roles in the years to come. "We plan on moving to Vermont this Spring, and possibly sooner if St. John's finds my replacement by then. But we'll

be keeping our summer home in Minnesota. When I'm through in Vermont I plan on retiring here—seven miles behind St. John's pine curtain."

EDITOR, LETTERS TO THE

Dear Sir:

There's no doubt St. John's has got problems with its January Term program. We all know there are students who use the month to sluff under the pretense of a creative project. We know too, that the faculty doesn't always show a lot of leadership in instituting worthwhile on and off-campus JT courses.

Now I'm not against taking it easy between terms if someone wants to. But if we want a credible JT program let's admit we're sluffing when we're sluff-ing. And if we say we're "providing scope for the free use and development of the students' and faculties' imagination in responsible innovation," let's do just that.

I know I'm not the first, but I'd like to restate the proposal that

the student receive transferable credit (credit that any other school would accept—even those without JT) for his January Term. The granting of credit, and along with it a letter grade, would help hold students and faculty members accountable for their efforts during January. Not only would this mean that credit be given only where credit is due, but the student would get his $240 worth or so that he pays for January Term.

At any rate this proposal should be reconsidered if only to spark further discussion so that we can come up with a more viable program that we've got now.

For 42 of his 54 years, Edward L. Henry has been closely associated with Benedictines—as a student in grade school, high school and college, and later as a professor at four colleges, including the past 22 years at St. John's.

All of those years were good years according to Henry. "That is why deciding to leave here was so hard. You simply can't shrug off that many years."

Dr. Henry, currently a government professor and Vice-President for Development, graduated from St. John's in 1943. He returned eleven years later, armed with a University of Chicago Ph.D., and was immediately chosen chairman of the government department. Since then, Henry lists among his accomplishments a seven year stint as mayor of St. Cloud, the directorship of the St. John's Center for the Study of Local Government, a 272 year presidency of St. Mary's College in Indiana, and a bid for the 1970 democratic nomination for governor.

In a recent interview, Dr. Henry talked about his life at St. John's and his decision to accept the presidency of St. Michael's College in Burlington, Vermont.

"That decision was particularly tough to make for a number of reasons, but chief among them is the great affection I have for this place, the people here, and for the whole area. But I also had to think about today's job market, and the fact that I'm giving up my tenure and job security here to take up a job that has a relatively short life span. I had to do a lot of thinking and I had to swallow twice before I accepted this position."

Henry, no stranger to the job of college president, admits that he enjoys the action that a Chief executive spot offers. He received a two year leave of absence from St. John's to take over the presidency of St. Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana from 1972-74.

St. Mary's was suffering enrollment and financial problems at that time in the wake of Notre Dame's decision to go co-ed. That assignment was intended as a

temporary, trouble-shooting job, and Henry returned to St. John's for the 1974-75 school year.

"I'll admit I had some re-entry problems, but I think most chief executives will tell you the same thing. It's very difficult to duplicate both the worry and the excitement that the number one spot offers.

"Since I left St. Mary's I've gotten a number of offers for other college president spots. None of them looked nearly as good as the offer from St. Michael's. What impressed me most about that school was the similarities between it and St. John's.

"Both schools have similar enrollment figures, although St. Michael's is co-ed. The school is Catholic, has a good physical plant and no financial problems. Even the climate of Vermont is very similar to Minnesota. The job just seems like an easy one to step into.

"In addition, I've always felt that life is too short, and maturity so important, that one ought to expose oneself to as many new experiences and opportunities— within proper limits—as it is possible to do."

During the past 22 years Henry has observed many changes at his alma mater. Many of them are obvious ones like the doubling of enrollment, the construction of ten new buildings, the advent of women on campus, and a four fold increase in the number of lay faculty. Other changes Henry has noted are more subtle, and sometimes ones that he is not happy to see.

"St. John's is a much more sophisticated academic institution today, although I'm not sure we're turning out better or more disciplined students. One reason for this is that teachers today aren't as exacting as they were twenty years ago, and students don't study as hard or as consistently as they used to.

"St. John's, however, is without doubt one of the finest small colleges in the country. If I can serve this University in any way in the years to come I will be happy to do so. I am currently a St. John's regent and a member of the National Advisory Board and I plan to continue in both of

these roles in the years to come. "We plan on moving to Vermont this Spring, and possibly sooner if St. John's finds my replacement by then. But we'll

be keeping our summer home in Minnesota. When I'm through in Vermont I plan on retiring here—seven miles behind St. John's pine curtain."

EDITOR, LETTERS TO THE

Dear Sir:

There's no doubt St. John's has got problems with its January Term program. We all know there are students who use the month to sluff under the pretense of a creative project. We know too, that the faculty doesn't always show a lot of leadership in instituting worthwhile on and off-campus JT courses.

Now I'm not against taking it easy between terms if someone wants to. But if we want a credible JT program let's admit we're sluffing when we're sluff-ing. And if we say we're "providing scope for the free use and development of the students' and faculties' imagination in responsible innovation" let's do just that.

I know I'm not the first, but I'd like to restate the proposal that

the student receive transferable credit (credit that any other school would accept—even those without JT) for his January Term. The granting of credit, and along with it a letter grade, would help hold students and faculty members accountable for their efforts during January. Not only would this mean that credit be given only where credit is due, but the student would get his $240 worth or so that he pays for January Term.

At any rate this proposal should be reconsidered if only to spark further discussion so that we can come up with a more viable program that we've got now.